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occasionally solitary. Bracts few, small, orbicular. Bracteoles slightly larger. 

 Sepals broad, under 1 line. Corolla-tube about 1^ line long. Lobes sborter tban 

 the tube, spreading, completely hairless. Filaments not quite as long as the 

 corolla-lobes. Fruit fleshy, about ^ inch diameter, purple to orange. Pyrenes 

 quite distinct. Decaspora gunnii, Hook. 



Mount Hartz, West Coast, Mount La Perouse, near Lake St. Clair, &c. 

 Fl. Dec-Jan. 



5. CTATHODES. 



Corolla- tube cylindrical, short, often hairy within, but without tufts of hairs 

 or scales in a circle below the middle. .Lobes spreading, often bearded. Filaments 

 short, inserted into the top of the tube. Ovary 5-celled, except in C fflauca, 

 where it is 8-10-celled. Fruit a berry-like drupe, the mesocarp very fleshy. 

 Pyrenes combined in a central stone. 



The genus is small, and extends from Eastern Australia to New Zealand and 

 the adjacent portion of the Pacific. Of the eight Tasmanian species seven are 

 endemic ; the other, C acerosa, is the only member of the genus extending to the 

 Continent, where it is found in the south-eastern portion of Victoria. It also 

 extends to New Zealand. The genus is connected with Leucopogon through 

 C. adscendens. 



Leaves mostly 1-1|^ inch long, narrow, and pointed. 



Leaves clustered in false whorls ... ... ... 1 . C glauca. 



Leaves mostly \-\ inch long, oblong, blunt. 



Leaves clustered at ends of branches ... ... 2. C. straminea. 



Leaves scattered on the branches ... ... ... 3. C adscendens. 



Leaves mostly ^-f inch long, lanceolate, with a hard 

 but not pungent point. 

 Leaves 2 lines long, silvery- white beneath ... 4. C. dealbata. 



Leaves 9 lines long, with a hard callous point ... 5. C. abietina. 

 Leaves mostly 5- J inch long, narrow-lanceolate, with 

 a hard, very pungent point. 

 Corolla-lobes hairless or nearly so. 



Leaves about ^ inch long. Peduncles recurved... 6. C. acerosa. 

 Leaves about J inch long. Peduncles very short 8. C parvifolia. 

 Corolla-lobes bearing many long hairs ... ... 7. C divaricata. 



1. C. GLATJCA, Lah. Generally a small shrub, but at times 30 or 40 feet high. 

 Leaves usually in clusters or false whorls, narrow-oblong to nearly linear, convex, 

 f-l| inch long, many-ribbed. Flowers solitary, axillary, and clustered with 

 the leaves at the ends of the branches, nearly sessile, the peduncle clothed with 

 bracts. Sepals broadly ovate, 2 lines long. Corolla-tube about 3 lines long. 

 Lobes narrow, about half as long as the tube, bearing a few long hairs on the 

 upper surface. Filaments rather long for the genus. The anthers linear and 

 freely protruding. Ovary 8-10-celled. Fruit flattened, very fleshy, red to 

 purple or white, mostly about f inch diameter. Styphelia hillardieri, F. v. M. 



Very common in hilly and mountainous situations. Fl. Dec-Jan. 



2. C. STEAMINEA, B. Br. A sub-erect, much-branched, spreading shrub. 

 Leaves usually clustered towards the ends of the branches, oblong, flat or 

 concave, glaucous beneath and many-ribbed, mostly \-\ inch long. Flowers 

 solitary, clustered in the terminal leaf-axils, nearly sessile. Bracts few, rather 

 large. Sepals about 2 lines long. Corolla-tube usually about 3 lines long. Lobes 

 lanceolate, about 2 lines long, very hairy at the tip and the orifice of the tube, 

 and slightly so along the centre. Filaments long and recurved. Anthers linear. 

 Fruit red, very fleshy, about 3-5 lines diameter. Styphelia straminea, F. v. M. 



Commmon on mountain summits. Fl. Dec-Jan. 



Var. macrantha. Intermediate between this and C. glauca. C 

 macrantha, H. Mount Olympus. 



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